Wallimann-Bornatico new at the UBI

 Mariangela Wallimann-Bornatico is to become a member of the Independent Complaints Authority for Radio and Television (UBI). The Federal Council appointed the former Secretary General of the Federal Assembly to the body on Friday. Wallimann succeeds Barbara Janom Steiner, who was elected to the cantonal government of Graubünden. Prior to her position in the Federal Assembly, the now 60-year-old lawyer was, among other things, deputy head of press at the SRG and personal assistant to former Federal Councillor Flavio Cotti.